{"product_id":"i-will-die-in-a-foreign-land-paperback","title":"I Will Die in a Foreign Land - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKalani Pickhart\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1913, Igor Stravinsky's\u003ci\u003e The Rite of Spring\u003c\/i\u003e premiered at the new Théâtre de Champs-Elysées in Paris. The work so perplexed audiences that a riot broke out. \"Only a Russian could do that,\" says Aleksandr Ivanovich. \"Only a Russian could make the whole world go mad.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA century later, in November 2013, thousands of Ukrainian citizens gathered at Independence Square in Kyiv to protest then-President Yanukovych's failure to sign a referendum with the European Union, opting instead to forge a closer alliance with President Vladimir Putin and Russia. The peaceful protests turned violent when military police shot live ammunition into the crowd, killing over a hundred civilians.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Will Die in a Foreign Land\u003c\/i\u003e follows four individuals over the course of a volatile Ukrainian winter, as their lives are forever changed by the Euromaidan protests. Katya is a Ukrainian-American doctor stationed at a makeshift medical clinic in St. Michael's Monastery; Misha is an engineer originally from Pripyat, who has lived in Kyiv since his wife's death; Slava is a fiery young activist whose past hardships steel her determination in the face of persecution; and Aleksandr Ivanovich, a former KGB agent, climbs atop a burned-out police bus at Independence Square and plays the piano.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Katya, Misha, Slava, and Aleksandr's lives become intertwined, they each seek their own solace during an especially tumultuous and violent period. The story is also told by a chorus of voices that incorporates folklore and narrates a turbulent Slavic history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile unfolding an especially moving story of quiet beauty and love in a time of terror, \u003ci\u003eI Will Die in a Foreign Land\u003c\/i\u003e is an ambitious, intimate, and haunting portrait of human perseverance and empathy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKalani Pickhart\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eI Will Die in a Foreign Land\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2022 New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award and long-listed for the 2022 Virginia Commonwealth University Cabell First Novelist Award. Her short fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eTriQuarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVirginia Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. Kalani has been the recipient of fellowships from the Virginia G. Piper Center and the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Intelligence for Eastern European and Eurasian Studies. She currently lives and writes in Phoenix, Arizona.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 10, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47253241102585,"sku":"9781953387301","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/xwamD_waa79781953387301.webp?v=1768699750","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/i-will-die-in-a-foreign-land-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}